A photo of Milton Rue Sr., North Dakota Governor John Davis, and Harold Schafer at the ground breaking ceremony for the new Bismarck Junior College campus on Schafer Heights. Behind them an American flag blows in the wind.

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A photo of Milton Rue Sr., North Dakota Governor John Davis, and Harold Schafer at the ground breaking ceremony for the new Bismarck Junior College campus on Schafer Heights. Behind them an American flag blows in the wind.

Bismarck Junior College was originally located on the 3rd floor of Bismarck High School (1939-spring 1955). The new general purpose building made it the only junior college located on capitol grounds. It was assumed it would remain near the capitol, but due to a rising student population it was later moved to its current location in 1960. The land for the campus was donated by Harold Schafer, giving it the name Schafer Heights. This photograph was collected by Herb Schimmelpfenning who was an administrator at the college. He left the collection with the college and it was discovered after his death.